Sometimes a thing is just no go; and I don\’t mean only stop signs.

I\’m always on the lookout for new things to use as ride food. I like to try them away from the bike before taking them along on a long ride; and not everything I try seems suitable.

This bar, for example.

Cold Stone Protein Crisp

Some time ago I tried one during a ride; and thought it was OK. A couple of days ago, I ate one as an after-work snack, when I was too busy to fix a proper supper. This time it didn\’t seem to have much sustenance. The Cold Stone bar has fewer calories and carbs than a FitCrunch bar of comparable volume; and in fact, the Cold Stone bar weighs less.

Maybe I\’m too used to the denser texture of the FitCrunch bars. I used them often when I found plenty of them in the grab-bag bins at the salvage store. But my luck at finding FitCrunch bars on the cheap won\’t last forever; and then I\’ll have to use something else.

I plan to try Quest bars and RXBars for a while. The coating on FitCrunch bars half melts in the heat; and I call that a no go. Quest and RXBars get sticky, too; but at least they aren\’t coated.

Trying to get home from work Wednesday seemed like a no go, too. I had to wait for a long freight train; and it was so slow that I feared it would stop. Luckily there was a place where I could wait in the shade.

I started to feel so hungry that I ate a GU-Gel. I was merely standing around, and still got to feeling bonkish. What a no go!